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"[S]hows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all--the one between mother and daughter. Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed...
Pub. Date
1981.
Description
How do you kill something that's already dead? That's the question Billy Chong faces when he goes up against the "Kung Fu Zombie". Billy's father crosses the wrong exorcist, and there's hell to pay. The evil priest unleashes an army of the undead against Chong's family, led by the Mad Korean, Kwan Young Moon.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The Travis family experiences a stunning tragedy which begins to unravel them. Teenaged son Tim views his life as a bad dream. His father, Ben tunes out and treats his wife and children like strangers. His mother, Sandy sharpens her tongue with sarcasm and dulls her senses with pot while struggling hard to conceal a secret that threatens to ruin them all. The Travises, eventually, learn to accept one another as family - warts and all.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Angel in the family: Sisters, separated by a lifetime of misunderstanding, find themselves brought back together for one amazing Christmas where a miracle will make youbelieve the impossible.
What I did for love: It's one catastrophe after another when a blundering L.A. lawyer finally meets his fiancees family at their rural ranch in this heartfelt, hilarious,romantic comedy.
Silent night: On Christmas Eve 1944, in an isolated cabin in Germany's...
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
A Critically-Acclaimed Romance set in 1930's England featuring Rose Byrne, Henry Cavill and Bill Nighy. The film follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Salvation comes in the form of their American landlord Simon Cotton and his brother Neil. Although initially repelled by Simon, Rose is determined to make him fall in love with her and succeeds. A wedding...
8) Lebanon, Pa
Pub. Date
2011
Description
When Will leaves Philadelphia to bury his recently deceased father in small-town Lebanon, he forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married teacher and CJ confronts her conflicted father, both struggle with decisions about the future paths their lives will take. Lebanon, Pa. tenderly explores the cultural divide in America through the lives of one extended family.
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Charles' father, Lansford Ingalls, loses the will to live after his wife passes away. Charles brings him to Walnut Grove to be near his loved ones. Laura's horse is injured soon after and she believes it to be her Grandpa's fault. Feeling hurt, Lansford leaves town until Laura, having realized her mistake, seeks him out and insists that he return with her.
10) Our hospitality
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to find that his inheritance is a shack. And he learns that the object of his affection (Keaton's real-life wife, Natalie Talmadge) is the daughter of a man with whom his family has been engaged in a long, violent feud. McKay's personal struggles are punctuated by brilliant slapstick setpieces that involve an exploding dam, raging...
11) Two-bit waltz
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This dark, dysfunctional family comedy carries the dry wit and playful whimsy of a Wes Anderson film along with the brash authenticity and fresh perspective of its then-20 year old director, Clara Mamet. Featuring Academy Award nominee and Emmy winner, William H. Macy.In the wonderfully dysfunctional tradition of The Royal Tenenbaums, teenage years are always messy... but for Maude, things couldn't seem more tragic. Within one week just prior to her...
12) Tom at the farm
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In this tense thriller from acclaimed director Xavier Dolan (The Death and Life of John F. Donovan), a young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover Guillaume's funeral. Upon arrival, he is quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually-charged game by Guillaume's aggressive brother, Francis.
13) L'attesa
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
When the seductive Jeanne arrives at her boyfriend's childhood home, she is greeted by his brooding mother Anna (Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche). As the two women await him, a mysterious secret looms over the household, ready to boil over.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Empire returns for a third season, with its hottest music and most tantalizing storylines yet. While Lucious launches Empire's music streaming division, his half-brother Tariq launches a murder investigation of Lucious. And as Cookie's romance with Angelo Dubois heats up, so does Angelo's campaign for mayor. The Lyon brothers face troubles from the heats up, so does Angelo's campaign for mayor.
15) The estate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea in this hilarious comedy about family being the worst.
16) Parenthood
Pub. Date
p2007, c1989
Description
The Buckmans are a modern family facing the age-old dilemma of trying to raise children the "right" way.
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A nomadic Mongolian family find themselves in disagreement when the oldest daughter, Nansaa, finds a small dog and brings it home. Believing that it is responsible for attacking his sheep, her father won't allow her to keep it. When the family to move on, Nansaa must decide whether to defy her father and take her new friend with them.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
In season four, the shows explosive twists and turns resume, as Empire Entertainment embarks on a celebration of its 20th anniversary. Lucious makes his first public appearance after the explosion in Las Vegas, and all members of the Lyon family have their own interests in Lucious regaining his physical and mental faculties.
20) Home
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A family enjoys an idyllic existence in their isolated, ramshackle home, which edges onto an abandoned highway. Almost entirely cut off from society at large, they forge their own Utopia, but everything changes when city trucks roll in to complete the road's construction, allowing rush hour traffic to start rumbling by. Stars Isabelle Huppert (The piano teacher).